Topolšica ( or ) is a settlement in the

Municipality of Šoštanj The Municipality of Šoštanj (; ) is a municipality in northern Slovenia. The seat of the municipality is the town of Šoštanj. The municipality was established on 3 October 1994, prior to which it belonged to the larger Municipality of Velenje ...

in northern

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. The area is part of the traditional region of

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. The municipality is now included in the

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. The Topolšica spa and the Topolšica Hospital are located in the settlement.

History

At the end of the

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after the

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, General Löhr signed the act of surrender on 9 May 1945 in the spa building in the settlement. The room is now a small museum that commemorates the event.

Church

The local

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is dedicated to Saint James () and belongs to the

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of Šoštanj. It dates to the 16th century with major rebuilding around 1830.

Notable people

* Pavla Rovan (1908–1999), Slovenian poet and writer, died in Topolšica on 12 June 1999 *

Veno Taufer Venčeslav "Veno" Taufer (19 February 1933 – 20 May 2023) was a Slovenian poet, essayist, translator and playwright. Under the Communist regime, he was a driving force behind alternative cultural and intellectual projects in Socialist Sloveni ...

(1933–2023), Slovenian poet, essayist, translator, and playwright, died in Topolšica on 20 May 2023

References

External links

Topolšica on Geopedia
Populated places in the Municipality of Šoštanj Spa towns in Slovenia {{Šoštanj-geo-stub